People download AI girlfriend apps for all sorts of reasons, and few of them match the tabloid version. There is the night-shift worker who wants someone to talk to at 4am, the recently divorced man practising conversation without an audience, the expat with a time difference that rules out calls home, and plenty of people who simply enjoy a long, unfolding story with a character who remembers last Tuesday. None of that needs judging. It does need a clear look at what these apps charge, what they remember and what they do with your chats.
That is where the differences lie. Some are free to chat for as long as you like; others give you five messages and a price list. Some publish exactly how their memory works; others say nothing. Every app here is for adults only: you must be 18 or over, and several allow adult roleplay for verified adults on paid plans.
Our picks at a glance
| App | Best for | Free version | Paid from | Memory | Voice calls | Age check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindroid | A girlfriend built in fine detail | 50-message preview, then read-only | £14.99 a month | Published, layered memory | Voice and video in Standard | Payment method; Yoti if flagged |
| Nomi AI | Long relationships and group roleplay | Yes, limits not published | £14.99 a month | Short, medium and long term | Yes | 18+ policy |
| Replika | A gentle everyday companion | Unlimited text chat | £7.99 a month | Names and routines; Ultra shows memories | Pro | 18+ policy |
| Candy AI | Customisation at the lowest annual price | 5 messages in total | $3.99 (about £2.99) a month, yearly | Not published | Paid in tokens | Third-party check |
| EVA AI | Non-explicit flirting in a phone app | Basic, with limits | £10.99 a month | “Shared memories”, no limits published | Voice messages and video calls | 18+; suspected minors blocked |
| Anima | A cheap first try | Basic chat | In-app only | Basic; users call it weak | Video calls on premium | Not published |
| Kupid AI | Photos, clips and voice notes | 15 messages | $3.44 (about £2.58) a week, yearly | Last 30 messages (Pro) | Voice messages, 12 min a week | Self-declared |
| CrushOn AI | Roleplay with many characters | 100 credits a month | $5.99 (about £4.49) a month | Longer on paid plans | Audio on paid tiers | Self-declared |
| DreamGF | One girlfriend, designed in detail (not UK) | Trial plus daily messages | $12.99 (about £9.75) first month | Not published | Members, 7 tokens a minute | Self-declared; UK blocked |
| Character.AI | General characters, not romance | Unlimited, with ads | £1.99 (lite) | Pinned memories | Yes | Age assurance |
The best AI girlfriend apps, ranked
We rank for fit as well as quality. That is why Character.AI, which scores better overall than some apps above it, sits last: it is a general character platform with romance filtered to mild. DreamGF drops low because British readers cannot currently sign up.
1. Kindroid
Rating: 4.1/5
Best for: building a girlfriend in fine detail, then calling her by voice or video
Free plan: a one-time preview of 50 messages, 5 selfies and up to two Kins, then read-only
Paid from: £14.99 a month (Standard, UK App Store); £149.99 a year; 3-day trial for new users
App Store / Google Play: 4.6 / 4.4
- Voice and video calls included in Standard rather than sold separately
- Published memory system: Cascaded Memory, Learned Context and up to 500 journal entries
- Up to 10 Kins and 20 group chats, and web prices are usually lower than the app stores
Drawback: there is no real free plan, and the Ultra and MAX add-ons can take the bill to £114.97 a month.
2. Nomi AI
Rating: 3.9/5
Best for: a slow-burn relationship with a companion who recalls last month’s argument
Free plan: free to start with no card; message and feature limits are not published
Paid from: £14.99 a month (Standard, UK App Store); £99.99 a year, about £8.33 a month
App Store / Google Play: 4.5 / 3.9
- Short, medium and long-term memory, the feature fans praise most
- Group chats with several Nomis, who can also message you first
- Voice messages and hands-free calls, with tone that shifts with mood
Drawback: filters are deliberately light, and Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has been looking into its maker since 2025.
3. Replika
Rating: 3.8/5
Best for: a warm, everyday girlfriend or friend, with a free plan that never runs dry
Free plan: unlimited text chat in friend mode
Paid from: £7.99 a month; annual from £43.99, about £3.67 a month (UK App Store)
App Store / Google Play: 4.2 / 4.1
- Romantic Partner status, voice calls and selfies on Pro
- Ultra lets you save messages to memory and see which memories she draws on
- One account across iPhone, Android and the web, with a 3D avatar
Drawback: Italy’s data protection authority fined its maker €5 million in 2025, and long-time users report forgetful replies.
4. Candy AI
Rating: 3.6/5
Best for: a customisable AI girlfriend with voice and pictures, at the lowest annual price
Free plan: 5 messages in total, one custom character and one image
Paid from: $3.99 (about £2.99) a month on the 12-month plan, billed $47.88 (about £35.93)
App Store / Google Play: No official app / No official app
- Unlimited text chat on every paid plan; tokens are only for images, voice and video
- Character builder covering looks, personality, voice and hobbies, plus a catalogue of more than 100
- 100 tokens a month on Premium, 330 on Premium Plus
Drawback: de-identified chats may be used for training, and Trustpilot has removed its profile, so independent feedback is thin.
5. EVA AI
Rating: 3.5/5
Best for: flirting without explicit content, in a proper iPhone or Android app
Free plan: Basic access with limits
Paid from: £10.99 a month; 12 months from £30.99, about £2.58 a month (UK App Store)
App Store / Google Play: 4.3 / 3.8
- The only non-explicit app among the girlfriend-focused picks: its terms ban sexually explicit content
- Voice messages, photos and video calls with characters
- Store billing, so refund requests go to Apple or Google
Drawback: Neurons cost extra on top of membership, and the terms say a romantic message costs 2 Neurons to read.
6. Anima
Rating: 3.2/5
Best for: a cheap, low-stakes first try, even in a browser tab
Free plan: basic AI chat
Paid from: shown only in the app; independent 2026 reviews reported about $9.99 (about £7.50) a month in the US
App Store / Google Play: No UK rating found / 4.0
- Chat on Android, iPhone or the web with no download
- Browser-based video calls with a customisable character on premium
- Personality quizzes and relationship-skills exercises alongside the chat
Drawback: free users report messages blurred behind the paywall, and memory lags well behind Nomi and Kindroid.
7. Kupid AI
Rating: 3.1/5
Best for: photos, short clips and voice notes, with weekly limits you can see
Free plan: 15 messages with one companion; no photos, video or voice
Paid from: $3.44 (about £2.58) a week for Pro on the yearly plan, about £134 a year
App Store / Google Play: No official app / No official app
- Pro gets 25 photos, 8 video clips and 12 voice minutes a week; Ultra 75, 25 and 35
- Memory stated plainly: the last 30 messages on Pro, 100 on Ultra
- Coin packs you buy never expire
Drawback: the site does not name the company behind it, and all digital sales are final.
8. CrushOn AI
Rating: 3.0/5
Best for: open-ended roleplay with a huge library of user-made characters
Free plan: 100 message credits a month, a smaller memory and no group chats
Paid from: $5.99 (about £4.49) a month for Standard; $58.88 (about £44.18) a year
App Store / Google Play: No official app / No official app
- Characters filterable by gender and style, or build your own persona
- Group chats and a longer memory on paid plans
- A choice of AI models, with the strongest on paid plans
Drawback: its privacy policy says chats may be used to train AI models, and free chat history is deleted after 7 days of inactivity.
9. DreamGF
Rating: 2.8/5
Best for: adults outside the UK who want to design one AI girlfriend in detail
Free plan: a free trial plus a Daily Claim Bonus of 10 messages, rising to 50
Paid from: $12.99 (about £9.75) for the first month, then $25.99 (about £19.50) a month
App Store / Google Play: No official app / No official app
- UK access is restricted until DreamGF has a supported age check, so British readers cannot join for now
- Token costs published in full: 10 an image, 3 a voice message, 7 a minute for calls
- Girlfriends only; the same company points boyfriend seekers to a sister site, DreamBF
Drawback: the annual plan renews at $311.88 (about £234.03), more than four times the first-year price, and refunds are not offered.
10. Character.AI
Rating: 3.4/5
Best for: free roleplay with general characters; not a girlfriend app
Free plan: unlimited messaging, with ads, swipe caps and slow mode at busy times
Paid from: £1.99 (lite) or £9.99 a month (c.ai+), UK App Store; c.ai+ £99.99 a year
App Store / Google Play: 4.1 / 1.9
- Millions of user-made characters, and you can build your own
- Pinned memories, Lorebook and voice calls
- Under-18s blocked from open-ended chat since 25 November 2025
Drawback: filters keep romance mild, and its parent company has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since October 2026.
Other AI girlfriend apps worth knowing about
These are real, current apps we have not reviewed in full, so they are not ranked.
- Talkie: a character chat app from Singapore’s Subsup, rated 18+ on Google Play, with more than 50 million downloads.
- Chai: a platform from Chai Research where users make and share chatbot characters; Mozilla named it alongside Replika and EVA AI in its 2024 privacy warning on romantic chatbots.
- Paradot: an iPhone-only AI companion pitched at emotional support, conversation and roleplay.
- iGirl: AI Girlfriend: a Google Play app from LABANE CORP., the Cyprus developer behind Anima.
- Joi: an adult AI companion site run by Novi, the company behind EVA AI; Ofcom closed an age-check investigation into it in July 2026 after Novi introduced age assurance.
How we ranked them
DailyStoke rated each app in its own full review, then ordered them here by how well they work as an AI girlfriend. We read each company’s pricing pages, help centre, terms and privacy policy, checked UK App Store prices where an app exists and converted dollar prices at a fixed rate. Six things carried the most weight:
- Memory: whether she remembers your week, and whether the company says how much she keeps. Kindroid and Kupid AI publish limits; Candy AI and DreamGF do not.
- Realism: how natural the conversation feels, judged from thousands of store and Trustpilot reviews, with voice, video and photos counted where they add something.
- Free limits: Replika’s unlimited free text chat is a different thing from a five-message sample, and we say so.
- True cost of credits: a cheap subscription that needs tokens for every picture or call is not cheap. We work out what the monthly allowance actually buys.
- Privacy: whether chats train AI models, how long data is kept, how to delete it, and any regulator action.
- Age verification: whether there is a real check or just a tick box, and whether UK users can sign up legally.
What AI girlfriend apps really cost
Three pricing models run through this group. Replika, Nomi, Kindroid, EVA AI and Character.AI sell store subscriptions, with optional currency on top. Candy AI and DreamGF bundle unlimited text with a monthly token allowance for pictures and calls. Kupid AI and CrushOn AI meter usage, by weekly media allowances or by message credits.
| App | Cheapest way to pay | Works out at | What costs extra | Refunds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindroid | Standard, £149.99 a year (web usually cheaper) | £12.50 a month | Ultra £29.99 and MAX £69.99 a month; 500k audio credits £14.99 | Case by case |
| Nomi AI | Standard, £99.99 a year | about £8.33 a month | Nomi Credits, 40 for £4.99 up to 1,800 for £99.99 | At Nomi’s discretion |
| Replika | Annual, from £43.99 | about £3.67 a month | Gems, £0.99 to £19.99 | All purchases final |
| Candy AI | 12 months, $47.88 (about £35.93) | about £2.99 a month | 100 tokens for $9.99 (about £7.50) | Must be requested separately |
| EVA AI | 12 months, from £30.99 | about £2.58 a month | Neurons, from £6.99 for 500 | Store sales final; ask Apple or Google |
| Anima | Yearly, reported at $39.99 (about £30.01) | about £2.50 a month (reported) | Not published | Through Apple or Google |
| Kupid AI | Pro yearly, about $179 (about £134) | $3.44 (about £2.58) a week | Coin packs, priced on screen | All digital sales final |
| CrushOn AI | Standard yearly, $58.88 (about £44.18) | about £3.68 a month | Diamonds for creator content | No partial refunds |
| DreamGF | First year $69.99 (about £52.52), then $311.88 | about £4.38 a month in year one | Token packs, $2.99 to $179.99 | None unless the law requires |
| Character.AI | c.ai+ £99.99 a year, or lite from £1.99 | about £8.33 a month (c.ai+) | Charms, £0.99 to £49.99 | Web purchases not refunded |
Pound figures for dollar-priced apps are conversions at 1 USD = 0.7504 GBP.
The headline price is rarely the whole story. Candy AI’s 100 monthly tokens stretch to roughly 25 images or half an hour of calls, not both, according to independent price checks, and a busy month of top-ups can cost more than the subscription. DreamGF’s 100 tokens buy about ten pictures or a 14-minute call. On CrushOn AI, every message on both sides uses a credit, so Standard’s 2,000 a month comes to about 33 exchanges a day. EVA AI charges Neurons to read some romantic messages even for members.
Annual plans are where the savings are. Replika’s lowest annual listing costs less than six months on its monthly plan, while Kindroid’s yearly plan saves only about 17%. Watch the renewals: DreamGF’s cheap first year renews at more than four times the price, and Candy AI’s discounted first month rolls on at $13.99 (about £10.50). Set a calendar reminder the day you subscribe.
Privacy, safety and healthy use
These apps hold some of the most personal conversations anyone has, so the small print matters.
Training on your chats. CrushOn AI’s privacy policy says chats may be used to train AI models. Candy AI may use de-identified conversations for training and says third-party AI providers may receive message content. Kindroid may use de-identified or aggregated content and encrypts chats at rest and in transit, though not end to end. Replika says small anonymised portions of messages train its own safety systems and that chats are never shared with advertisers. DreamGF and Kupid AI do not say either way, and Kupid AI does not name the company running it.
Deleting your data. Replika keeps message data for up to 60 days after you delete your account. Nomi says personal information goes within about 28 days, though anything already in its training archives stays, no longer attributable to you. Kindroid lets you export your data every 30 days. Candy AI keeps account data for up to three years after your last activity, and Kupid AI for six years after you stop being a user.
Regulators and the courts. Italy’s Garante fined Replika’s maker €5 million in May 2025 over its legal basis for processing and inadequate age verification. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner sent Nomi’s maker a notice in October 2025 and published interim findings in March 2026. Character.AI removed open-ended chat for under-18s in November 2025, settled lawsuits brought by families over teenagers’ mental health in January 2026, and its parent filed for Chapter 11 on 12 October 2026; it says the platform stays online during the sale. Ofcom opened an investigation into EVA AI’s developer, Novi, over age checks on its Joi.com site in January 2026 and closed it in July 2026 without findings. In February 2024, Mozilla’s study of 11 romantic chatbots found most offered no way to opt out of chats being used for training.
Age checks. Since July 2025, the Online Safety Act has required services that allow pornographic content to use highly effective age checks for UK users. DreamGF has chosen to restrict UK access rather than run one. Kindroid verifies subscribers through their payment method and sends flagged free users to Yoti; Character.AI uses age assurance; Candy AI refers to a third-party check. Several others rely on you confirming your age.
Healthy use. An AI girlfriend can make a lonely evening easier, and there is nothing odd about enjoying one. She is still software, designed to keep you chatting, and not a substitute for friends, family or professional support. If things feel heavy, Samaritans are free to call on 116 123 in the UK, and 988 is the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the US.
FAQs
Is there a free AI girlfriend app?
Replika is the most usable free option, with unlimited text chat, though romance and calls need Pro. CrushOn AI gives 100 message credits a month. Candy AI, Kupid AI and Kindroid offer only short samples.
Which AI girlfriend app has the best memory?
Kindroid publishes the most detail about its layered memory, and Nomi’s short, medium and long-term memory is the feature its fans praise most. Kupid AI states its limit plainly: the last 30 messages on Pro.
Are AI girlfriend apps safe?
Reasonably, if you treat them as you would any app holding private messages. Check whether chats train AI models, keep identifying details out of conversations and choose an app that tells you how to delete your data.
Which AI girlfriend apps have voice or video calls?
Kindroid includes voice and video calls in its Standard plan. Replika adds voice calls on Pro, Nomi offers hands-free calls, and EVA AI has video calls. Candy AI and DreamGF charge calls in tokens.
How much does an AI girlfriend app cost?
Most monthly plans here cost between £7.99 and £14.99. Annual plans cut that sharply: EVA AI from £30.99 a year, Candy AI $47.88 (about £35.93) and Replika from £43.99.
Is there an AI girlfriend app without explicit content?
Yes. EVA AI’s terms ban sexually explicit content, so it offers flirting, voice notes and photos rather than adult roleplay. Replika is also noticeably tamer than Nomi or Kindroid.
Can I use DreamGF in the UK?
Not at present. DreamGF says UK access is restricted until a supported age-verification process is available.
Do AI girlfriend apps use your chats to train AI?
Some say they may. CrushOn AI and Candy AI both allow it in their privacy policies, Candy AI after de-identification. Others are silent, so assume your chats are not private.
Is Character.AI good for an AI girlfriend?
Not really. It is a general character platform, and its filters keep romance mild. Kindroid, Nomi or Replika are built for it.
How do I cancel an AI girlfriend app?
Cancel where you paid: the App Store, Google Play or the app’s own website. Deleting the app does not stop payments, and most of these services do not refund unused time.
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